Akali vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Akali
based on 23,733 Akali vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Lux
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Akali vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Akali versus Lux matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lux. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Lux. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Lux
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Who is Better, Akali or Lux?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when taking on Lux, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Akali makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Lux, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Luxas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often picks up more CS as Lux. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akali versus Lux build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Lux than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Lux with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Lux as Akali, Akali players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Akali vs Lux clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lux as Akali are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.